路加福音12:22-34

 

12:22 耶穌又對門徒說：「所以我告訴你們，不要為生命憂慮吃甚麼，為身體憂慮穿甚麼；
12:23 因為生命勝於飲食，身體勝於衣裳。
12:24 你想烏鴉，也不種也不收，又沒有倉又沒有庫，上帝尚且養活牠。你們比飛鳥是何等地貴重呢！
12:25 你們哪一個能用思慮使壽數多加一刻呢（或譯：使身量多加一肘呢）？
12:26 這最小的事，你們尚且不能做，為甚麼還憂慮其餘的事呢？
12:27 你想百合花怎麼長起來；它也不勞苦，也不紡線。然而我告訴你們，就是所羅門極榮華的時候，他所穿戴的，還不如這花一朵呢！
12:28 你們這小信的人哪，野地裡的草今天還在，明天就丟在爐裡，上帝還給它這樣的妝飾，何況你們呢！
12:29 你們不要求吃甚麼，喝甚麼，也不要掛心；
12:30 這都是外邦人所求的。你們必須用這些東西，你們的父是知道的。
12:31 你們只要求他的國，這些東西就必加給你們了。
12:32 你們這小群，不要懼怕，因為你們的父樂意把國賜給你們。
12:33 你們要變賣所有的賙濟人，為自己預備永不壞的錢囊，用不盡的財寶在天上，就是賊不能近、蟲不能蛀的地方。
12:34 因為，你們的財寶在哪裡，你們的心也在那裡。」

 

²² Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. ²³ For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. ²⁴ Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! ²⁵ Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life^[b]? ²⁶ Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

²⁷ “Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ²⁸ If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! ²⁹ And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. ³⁰ For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. ³¹ But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

³² “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. ³³ Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. ³⁴ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

 

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    在我們的生命中當然會有所需求，正如飲食和衣裳的需要，但主耶穌告訴我們還有更重要的「必需品」，就是「上帝國」！

 

    主耶穌也應許說：「你們只要求他的國，這些東西就必加給你們了。你們這小群，不要懼怕，因為你們的父樂意把國賜給你們。」

 

    我們如何得這應許呢？主耶穌說得更奇妙：「你們要變賣所有的賙濟人，為自己預備永不壞的錢囊，用不盡的財寶在天上，就是賊不能近、蟲不能蛀的地方。因為，你們的財寶在哪裡，你們的心也在那裡。」

 

    的確，我們若將我們的財物投入福音的事工，我們就會越關心福音的傳揚，讓我們來試試看！